Top Banker Sets Record Straight
Following the Lesotho Times article published last week, titled ‘DCEO INVESTIGATES FORMER BANK CHIEF FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION’, I, Mpho Vumbukani have sought the right of reply in order to set the record...
View ArticleKamoli to face treason charges
additional charges stem from the August 2014 attempted coup against Thabane’s first govt Mohalenyane Phakela/Pascalinah Kabi FORMER army commander, Lieutenant General Tlali Kamoli, and others will...
View ArticleMotanyane rejects no confidence motion against Thabane
Pascalinah Kabi SPEAKER of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane has thrown out a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane saying it has no basis in law and parliamentary practice. But members...
View ArticleThabane must retire: daughter
pleads with First Lady and ABC officials to allow him to rest says he has lost his mojo and has become an “international embarrassment” Mohalenyane Phakela PRIME Minister Thomas Thabane’s daughter,...
View ArticleLesotho resumes water transfers to SA
as climate change threatens water project Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO has resumed transferring water to South Africa amid concerns about the adverse effects of climate change in the Katse and Mohale dams....
View ArticleSMSs save live in Lesotho
Staff Writer TO MARK the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) today, the GSMA, building on UNICEF’s child rights expertise, has launched the mPower Youth initiative to...
View ArticleOpposition vows to challenge Speaker
’Marafaele Mohloboli OPPOSITION leaders say they will today challenge Speaker of Parliament Sephiri Motanyane’s decision to discard the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Thomas Thabane....
View ArticleMokhothu vows to sue Speaker over no confidence motion
Ntsebeng Motsoeli DEMOCRATIC Congress (DC) leader, Mathibeli Mokhothu, has threatened to sue Speaker of Parliament, Sephiri Motanyane, if he does not reverse his decision to throw out the no confidence...
View ArticleDPP drops murder charges against Ramoepana
Mohalenyane Phakela LESOTHO Defence Force’s (LDF) Major Pitso Ramoepana has been given temporary relief after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped charges against him in a case in which he...
View ArticleMphaka dares PAC, PS
Pascalinah Kabi THE government secretary, Moahloli Mphaka, yesterday dared the Selibe Mochoboroane-chaired parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to approach the courts and challenge the...
View ArticleLesotho’s foreign missions in chaos
Pascalinah Kabi LESOTHO’S 14 foreign missions are in limbo, as some of the diplomats have not been paid for months while others are forced to sleep in boardrooms because of lack of funds. This was...
View ArticleSystem failure at Trade paralyses business
Bereng Mpaki SEVERAL business people are stranded after the Ministry of Trade and Industry’s online company registry system went offline last week. The online registry system, which is implemented by...
View ArticleKing warns politicians
says leaders must reform themselves first laws alone cannot save Lesotho Ntsebeng Motsoeli/Pascalinah Kabi KING Letsie III has warned that if local political leaders do not reform themselves first,...
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Four Ministers named in M26 million tender scam
Pascalinah Kabi FOUR ministers namely – Prince Maliehe, Chalane Phori, Mokoto Hloaele and Machesetsa Mofomobe – have now been named in a M26 million tender scam involving controversial Chinese...
View ArticleLesotho urged to strengthen media bodies
Nthatuoa Koeshe LESOTHO has been urged to strengthen its media bodies to enable them to effectively fight for the rights of the country’s media. Southern African Editor’s Forum (SAEF) chairperson Wille...
View ArticleMedigrow dispute goes to Labour Court
Bereng Mpaki A LABOUR dispute between cannabis firm, Medigrow Lesotho (Pty) Ltd and its fired employees, has been elevated to the Labour Court after the two parties failed to reach agreement on an...
View ArticleLCN treasurer suspended
Ntsebeng Motsoeli LESOTHO Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (LCN) has suspended its treasurer, Mokome Monaheng, for allegedly resisting an order to implement a proposal to increase salaries and...
View ArticleLack of funds stalls Tang murder trial
Mohalenyane Phakela THE High Court will no longer finalise the murder trial of three soldiers accused of killing Lisebo Tang on 9 May 2014 after the state failed to raise funds to bring in two of the...
View ArticleParly now a crime scene – Speaker
Ntsebeng Motsoeli LEGISLATORS who participated in violent clashes in parliament last Thursday have defiled the August House by making it a crime scene, Speaker Sephiri Motanyane said this week. Mr...
View ArticleMahao, others await High Court verdict
Mohalenyane Phakela HIGH Court judge Tšeliso Monapathi will hopefully end the battle for the control of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) when he delivers judgment on 17 December 2019 in a case in which...
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